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What do we know about C4/2013/2086: MM -v- Secretary of State?

Yeah, that question. Everyone has been asking it. They’ve been asking Britcits and Freemovement and just about every other source that they can think of who might actually know WTAF (What The Actual F*** – newish acronym making the scene, because we’re that cool nerdy) is going on.

To be frankly honest:

No, seriously, I have seen nothing, I know nothing new about what’s going on. Yes, I know, it’s got me crawling up the drapes screaming like someone possessed by demons (you’re welcome?) too, but that’s just where we’re at in this game. Simply put, the judges are still deliberating.

But let’s have a moment of reality, there is little point in getting very excited about whatever they decide. If they side against the Home Office like we hope, then the Theresa May (you can insert whatever insult you like after her name, it’s all good by me) is going to appeal, again, and everyone will still be on hold. If they side with the HO (and that acronym just gets more and more unfortunately amusing with each passing day, I swear), then everyone who has been put on hold will be rejected.

Can we say Scare-tactics and fear mongering? My husband and I have had to take very hard stances as well among friends and family who are seriously considering voting for racist and bigoted UKIP. We’ve made it very clear that, if they want us to have children at all – if they care about us in the slightest, they should NEVER support that political group.

Frankly, if someone wants their children to be proud of the nation they are born in, they ought to make said nation something to be proud of, rather than stripping it of all human decency. Right now, can the children in the UK say that their nation helps the weak, the broken, the down-trodden, the abused, the used, the exploited, the helpless, the hopeless? Can they say that their nation actively invests and cares about their own futures as individuals, as a nation, as a part of the global economy? Can they say that their nation respects and nurtures and fosters positive impact on other societies? Can they even say that, in their nation, rights and justice are not auctioned off to the highest bidder and those with the least do not suffer the most?

If you feel that, on any of those questions, that the answer is unequivocally yes, then you clearly have not been paying attention.